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Don't get me wrong! I like McDonald's as much as the next person. I also like how much better it looks in anime. In Japan, the service at McDonald's, and any another fast food restaurant, is generally quite good.

IBM held a press event for its "Sword Art Online: The Beginning" virtual reality demonstration on Thursday. Japanese game news websites Inside Games and 4Gamer posted photos of the demonstration area, as well as the virtual reality demonstration i...

The Tokyo Anime Award Festival, the snazzy Oscars of anime, has announced the results of its Anime of the Year Grand Prix, given annually to the best television series and film of the year. Which 2015 anime won?

Whether you're into pink frills or black one-piece dresses, there's a knife here for you! Despite changes in fashion trends, lolitas and goth lolitas have managed to maintain a certain presence in Japanese pop culture for about as long as we can r...

Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli on every film since 1997's Princess Mononoke, will go open-source and available for free starting March 28. The software, renamed OpenToonz, will contain the custom Ghibli Edition developed by th...

The Japanese government initiative has been finding ways to spread Japanese pop culture around the world. The newest proposed project is a "National Manga Center", which will be dedicated to Japanese video games, anime, and manga.

McDonald's wants to hire more Millennials as part-time staff in Japan, so it created an anime mini-series to help drum up interest. The first ad to be released is a classic coming-of-age drama, showing one young woman's journey from nervous novice...

Bandai Namco revealed that their upcoming anime for the Tales series' 20th anniversary, Tales of Zestiria the X by ufotable, will begin broadcasting in Japan in summer 2016. [Thanks, @yinyi982 via Game Jouhou.

Today new promotional videos for the upcoming anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable hit screens across Japan. Three screens, that is. The videos debuted on large screens outside major train stations across the countr...

Following the successful first set released in June 2015, Bandai's apparel division releases the second set of deodorant waters inspired by the seven popular characters from the Kuroko's Basketball anime series.

There is only a very short time left until the start of the Spring 2016 season and if you haven't seen what there is to offer, be quick. To make it easier on what you should be watching, Japanese fans have been hard at work picking their most anti...

By Jenni . March 21, 2016 . 10:00am Bandai Namco's latest One Piece: Burning Blood video is all about the sorts of adventures and action players will enjoy as they go through the game. To be more specific, the trailer goes over some of the gamepla...

During the "Phantasy Star Thanksgiving 2016" event that is being held today, Sega and Square Enix announced a collaboration between Phantasy Star Online 2 and Final Fantasy XIV. The announcement of the "dream collaboration" was made on a giant scr...

The anime adaptation of "Natsume's Book of Friends" is not going anywhere. The animated television show based on the popular manga series with the same title recently got renewed for a Season 5 expected to premiere this coming fall.

By Casey . March 20, 2016 . 3:30pm Those of you who play Final Fantasy XIV have more than likely run into a person with an adorably-chubby Fat Cat minion in tow, or perhaps you own one yourself. In addition, you may also be familiar with the giant...

Another trailer has run amok for the upcoming Hentai Kamen: The Abnormal Crisis movie, promising watchers more hilarious perversions than ever before, that will no doubt have some reconsidering their opinion on exhibitionists (others not so much).

The official website of the anime adaptation of Yuu Miyazaki and okiura's Gakusen Toshi Asterisk (The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water) light novel series has revealed that the second cour of the series will begin its broadcast from Apr...

With the current Fairy Tail TV anime already about to air its final episode this 26 March, the 17th issue of this year's Shounen Sunday magazine has revealed that a new Fairy Tail TV anime project is now in the works.

"AKB48 45th Single General Election" ("The 8th AKB48 General Election") will take place on June 18th at HARD OFF ECO Stadium Niigata in Niigata City. This became known on March 21 during a photo session event for "AKB48 0 to 1 no Aida" at Pacifico...

Itano Tomomi's 8th single Hide & Seek will be on sale on April 20th. It is the theme song for the horror movie Nozokime (のぞきめ) starring Itano Tomomi. The MV and the covers are inspired by Beauty and the Beast.

By Jenni . March 21, 2016 . 11:18am Dragons are attempting to destroy the world in 7th Dragon III Code: VFD on the Nintendo 3DS. In the latest trailer from Sega, people see how their Nodens Enterprises team will travel through time to deal with dr...

Sega revealed this weekend at their SXSW 2016 panel this weekend that their upcoming Nintendo 3DS title, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, will release on September 27, 2016. The upcoming action adventure platform game is being developed by the California-b...

Fresh off the Japanese publication of the 20th volume of Yona of the Dawn, a fantasy shōjo manga by Mizuho Kusanagi, Hakusensha has announced that the publication of the 21st and 22nd volumes of the manga will include special, limited edition vers...

Here's a short promo for yet another slice-of-life show about a bunch of kawaii schoolgirls. animecomedySansha Sanyouschoolslice of lifetrailervideo Anime News Video Gallery Japan Games Figurines Cosplay Models Manga Monthly Goal: $100 Current Tot...

Posted 22/03/2016 We're less than a couple of weeks away from a new season of anime, and of course that means that streaming announcements will be popping up left, right and centre over the coming days.

Unit TrySail revealed more details for new single High Free Spirits with tie-up as opening theme for upcoming anime Hai-Furi (はいふり, High-Free). Plus unit members voice lead characters - Amamiya Sora as China Moeka and Natsukawa Shiina as Misaki Ak...

With Viz Media bringing the 2011 Hunter x Hunter anime adaptation to DVD and Blu-ray, an English dub is currently in the works. Viz revealed the main members of the dub cast during their panel at this past weekend's C2E2 event, so see who's playin...

Dimension W's rather serious plot has grown to an even more epic scale as yet more truths are unveiled, sure to interest some with its wealth of sci-fi mystery but likely leaving others dissatisfied with the eradication of essentially everything e...